Zen Master Yunyan was sitting in the temple weaving straw sandals. At this time, Zen Master Dongshan happened to pass by him. As soon as he met, he asked Zen Master Yunyan: "Teacher, can I ask for the same thing as you?" Zen Master Yunyan put down the work in his hand and said wi

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Zen Master Yunyan was sitting in the temple weaving straw sandals. At this time, Zen Master Dongshan happened to pass by him. As soon as he met, he asked Zen Master Yunyan: "Teacher, can I ask the same thing as you?"

Zen Master Yunyan put down the work in his hand and said with interest: "Come and I will listen!"

Zen Master Dongshan said bluntly: "I want to lend your eyes to use. What do you think?"

Zen Master Yunyan heard it and asked calmly: "Borrow my eyes? Where are your own eyes?"

Zen Master Dongshan said: "I don't have eyes!"

Zen Master Yunyan smiled faintly and said: "If you have eyeballs, how do you plan to place it?"

Zen Master Dongshan was speechless when he heard his question.

At this time, Zen Master Yunyan said to him seriously: "You want to borrow my eyes, it should not be my eyes, but your own eyes, right?"

Zen Master Dongshan changed his tone and said, "In fact, what I want to borrow is not my eyes."

Zen Master Yunyan heard his inconsistent statement, and finally couldn't help but feel angry in his heart. He shouted to the Dongshan Poker Master: "You go out!"

Zen Master Dongshan was not surprised to see the actions of Zen Master Yunyan, and still said with great sincerity: "I can go out, but I don't have eyes, so I can't see the road ahead."

At this time, Zen Master Yunyan touched his heart with his hand, and then said: "Has I given this to you long ago? Why can't I see it?"

After hearing this, Zen Master Dongshan finally realized it and stood there and said to himself: "I asked others for their eyes as soon as I opened my mouth. This is a very strange thing. Besides, I met the wise Zen Master Yunyan. Of course, he could only tell me that my eyes were on my forehead, so why did I borrow them from others? When I was speechless, I explained that what I wanted was not the "natal eyes", and then Zen Master Yunyan reminded me of the wonderful way of "heart-eye", and I realized it."

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